Teatro Engenho

Central Mill TheatrePiracicaba / Brazil / 2009

The central mill theater is the "land mark"and it is implanted on rigth side margin of Piracicabe River, where is possible to see downtown on other side. The apparent brick volumes offers an awsome view, with the river presence mirroring ligths from the building, composing a scene that turns Piracicaba´s landscape single.

The conjunt keeps intact since when it was disabled, as the citadel resisted all big changes that the entorn passed trougth last decades. The central mill theater didn't born how it is nowadays, instead, during his life was received additions, reforms, developments and, thereby, saves the register of many his ages.

One of the older sheds from the set, known as "number six", will be restored and adpated to receive the multifunctional theather.

The project have as basic fundament the old mill memory preservacion allied to a perfect funcioanality of a contemporany theater, in this way, the value of industrial archeology is mixed with moderns constuctive tecnology and cenotechnical.

The old shed that used to keep alcohol casks will be there, entire, as a witness from time that doesn't exist anymore. Now equipped and preppared for new types of production: music, theater, dance, movie theater and recreation.

A new step will be started on the long life of Piracicaba´s Central Mill Theater.

The central mill theater is the "land mark"and it is implanted on rigth side margin of Piracicabe River, where is possible to see downtown on other side. The apparent brick volumes offers an awsome view, with the river presence mirroring ligths from the building, composing a scene that turns Piracicaba´s landscape single.
The conjunt keeps intact since when it was disabled, as the citadel resisted all big changes that the entorn passed trougth last decades. The central mill...